The 25 most popular passwords of 2013 prove people are just as naive as ever

Mister 44 said:
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all South African banks have two-step authentication to log in plus the sms codes for some transactions.
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FNB is only a username and password... But if you want to transfer money to someone thats not a beneficiary you have to use a one time pin that comes in an sms,,,
 
Tom said:
FNB is only a username and password... But if you want to transfer money to someone thats not a beneficiary you have to use a one time pin that comes in an sms,,,
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I'm with ABSA (don't judge me, dammit) and when log in, you start out with your main account number and pin. Then you have to enter 3 letters from a pass phrase. Then you get sms pins for transactions you do. If you transfer money to a non-beneficiary account you actually have to enter a pin at the start and another pin at the end of the transaction.
 
Mister 44 said:
I'm with ABSA (don't judge me, dammit) and when log in, you start out with your main account number and pin. Then you have to enter 3 letters from a pass phrase. Then you get sms pins for transactions you do. If you transfer money to a non-beneficiary account you actually have to enter a pin at the start and another pin at the end of the transaction.
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And with this, it randomizes each time. So its always a different set of 3 letters/numbers you put in.

Absa FTW!
 
Tom said:
FNB is only a username and password... But if you want to transfer money to someone thats not a beneficiary you have to use a one time pin that comes in an sms,,,
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I queried and now get sent an sms with an OTP to sign in online.
 
I never change my password and have the same password for everything because I forget mine alot, its 3 emails in a row from my family
 
Mister 44 said:
Necuno posted a very interesting article on MyBB a while back.

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/578989-Nuclear-Launch-Code-at-US-Silos-Was-00000000

The TL;DR version: The US used 00000000 as their nuclear launch codes until the late 70s.

Also:

For all you guys that have special characters, mixed caps and both numeric and alphanumeric in your passwords:

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bwahaha! So true.. I'm also partly guilty for using a universal password for everything online or variations.. Ain't nobody got time for remembering so many passwords! :p
 
matt said:
PS, here's a funny IRC conversation from bash.org
Real or not, I know not

http://bash.org/?244321

<Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
<Cthon98> <AzureDiamond> *******
<Cthon98> thats what I see
<AzureDiamond> oh, really?
<Cthon98> Absolutely
<AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
<AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
<Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
<Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> awesome!
<AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
<Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
<AzureDiamond> oh, ok.
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Thats hil-arious
 
My father will say a password is for someone that wants to hide something and I have nothing to hide. But he uses his birth as passwords on the internet and on his pc
 
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